Of course there would be a big problem with this definition if, for example, "perfect pitch" was demonstrated in a very young person who had never heard any music at all. Which probably has been done... grin. We keep declaring so many facts about issues there is far from adequate research on. Fact is it is not certain that perfect pitch has anything to do with memory at all, tho it is certain that there is also something often refered to as "pitch memory". Fact is we just dont know enough about these matters yet to give any difinitive answer. Richard Brekne I.C.P.T.G. N.P.T.F. Bergen, Norway Tom Cole wrote: > > > PP is not an absolute, mathematical pitch reference, a la Braid-White's > famous chart, but a composite recording in the brain made by a > hodgepodge of instruments heard over one's lifetime which, with any > luck, were reasonably in tune. If, for example, you've listened to > nothing but a well-tuned, equal-tempered piano your whole life, then > your "perfect pitch" will consist of stretched octaves and smoothly > progressing thirds, sixths and tenths, and other instruments and > temperaments might sound out of tune to you. > -- > Thomas A. Cole, RPT > Santa Cruz, CA > mailto:tcole@cruzio.com
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